Hammock-loom.



N0 MODEL.

H. B. BUDDY.

HAMMOGK LOOM. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 6, 1903.

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PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented June 14, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRIET E. RU'DDY, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO MARTHA P- TODDAND DANA TODD, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

HAMMOCK-LOOM.

SPECIFIGATION foz-ming part'of Letters Patent No. 762,493, dated June14, 1904.

Application filed July 6, 1903. Serial No. 164,345. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIET E. RUDDY, a

I citizen of the United States, residing at 140 East Tenth street, St.Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hammock-Looms; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and eflicienthand-loom especially adapted for use in weaving miniature hammocks orsimilar articles which are to have a concave form in contradistinctionto a flat surface; and to the above end the invention consists of thenovel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described, anddefined in the claims.

The improved loom in one of its simple forms isillustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like partsthroughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the loom looking at the face thereof. Fig. 2is a plan view of the loom looking at the back of the same and showingthe warp-threads of a hammock held in operative position by the loom andby auxiliary devices. Fig. 3 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1. butshowing the warp-threads held by the loom; and Fig. 4 is a section onthe line w" v of Fig. 3, but with the warpthreads removed.

The body or frame of the loom is afforded by a flat board or plate 1,the opposite ends or edges of which are convexly bowed or curved at 2and are notched at 3, so as to receive the warp-threads a and hold thesame properly spaced. The bottoms of the notches 3 terminate on bowed orcurved lines, which are approximately concentric with the correspondingbowed outer edges 2 of the frame 1. In fact, the bottoms of the notchesconstitute the bowed edges proper of the said frame.

The ends of the warp-threads of the completed hammock will usually beattached to rings 6, which rings in the process of forming the hammockare temporarily secured to the back and at the central portion of theframe 1 by a tied loop of cord 0, which is passed through perforations4, formed at the central portion of said frame 1.

,The manner of applying the warp to the frame of the loom is clearlyillustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, by reference to the latter of which itwill be noted that the warp-threads are run parallel to each other andin a plane parallel with the plane in which lie the bowed or curved endsor edges of the loom. At the back of the loom the warp-threads radiatefrom the rings 7) to the notches 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The woof(not shown) is of course woven through the parallel sections of thewarp, which sections lie on the face of the loom-frame 1.

After the hammock has been completed the rings Z) are detached bycutting the loop 0, and the warp-threads may then be readily removed outof the notches 3. The curve of the bowed edges of the loom willusuallybe such that the outer members or sections of the warp will beshorter than the intermediate sections, and in all cases the bowed edgesshould be such that the completed hammock instead of being flat will beformed concave or gathered at its sides.

The loom is of course capable of modification within the scope of theinvention herein set forth and claimed. For instance, the bowed edge oredges of the loom instead of being notched might be smooth and theloom-frame be provided with laterally-projecting parts for holding thewarp-threads properly spaced. Furthermore, devices for holding thewarpthreads spaced apart laterally might be entirely dispensed with,although such construction would not be the full equivalent of the muchbetter construction above described. Again, the frame or body of theloom is capable of modification in form, it being necessary, however,that the same be provided with one or more bowed or curved edges or endsthat lies in or parallel to the plane of the warp-threads when saidthreads are held on the said frame.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. A loom comprising a frame capable of holding the warp-threads in aplane in position for weaving, and a bow at one end of the frame, overthe curved edge of which bow the Warp-threads are passed, for thepurpose specified, said curved edge lying in a plane in or parallel tothe plane of the warp-threads when held on said frame.

2. A loom comprising a loom-frame capable of holding the Warp-threads ina plane in position for weaving, and a bow at each end of the frame,over the curved edges of which hows the warp-threads are passed, for thepurpose specified, said curved edges lying in a plane in or parallel tothe plane of the warpthreads when held on said frame.

3. A loom comprising a frame capable of holding the warp-threads in aplane in position for weaving, and a notched bow at one end of theframe, over the curved edge of which notched bow the warp-threads arepassed for the purposes specified, said curved edge lying in a plane inor parallel to the plane of the warp-threads when held on said frame.

4. A loom comprising a frame capable of holding the warp-threads in aplane in position for weaving, and a notched bow at each end of theframe, over the curved edges of which notched hows the warp-threads arepassed, for the purposes specified, said curved edges lyingv in a planein or parallel to the plane of the warp-threads When held on said frame,said'frame further having, at its central portion, perforations throughwhich a ring-holding device may be passed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

' HARRIET E. RUDDY.

Witnesses:

J AS.F. WILLIAMSON, F. D. MERCHANT.

